Sunday, March 24, 2013

Worship at the Altar of Edward Repka

Behold the Master.

Edward Repka may not be a name that you are familiar with, but I guarantee that any reader of this blog has seen his artwork at least once in their lifetime. He is primarily known for doing album covers. Repka came to prominence in the late 1980's, and brought many thrash and death metal albums to life. He started winding down in the 90's, as he got a lot of design work from Dave Mustaine/Megadeth, and also got involved in toy design among other things.

I absolutely love just about every single album cover that Ed Repka has done. Each one tells a story all by itself. Since I've always been a fan of post-apocalypse, zombies and destruction stories, I see a B-movie formulating in my brain every single time I look at Repka's artwork.

Repka still does album covers from time to time. If I were in a thrash metal band, I would never consider taking my band seriously until we had a Repka album cover. Anything less would be failure.

Here's a list of my favorite Repka album covers. There's a lot more that aren't pictured here, but these are the ones that really stand out in my mind. For the sake of satisfying my OCD issues, I've organized them by year. Enjoy the art gallery!

Repka Blowing Minds in the 1980's...

Ludichrist

Immaculate Deception

Combat Records (1986)

Megadeth

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?

Capitol Records (1986)

Possessed

Beyond the Gates

Combat Records (1986)

Nuclear Assault

Game Over

Combat Records (1986)

Circle Jerks

VI

Combat Records (1987)

Death

Scream Bloody Gore

Combat Records (1987)

Sanctuary

Refuge Denied

Epic Records (1987)

Toxik

World Circus

Roadrunner Records (1987)

Death

Leprosy

Combat Records (1988)

Defiance

Product of Society

Roadrunner Records (1988)

Vio-lence

Eternal Nightmare

Roadrunner Records (1988)

Violent Playground

Thrashin' Blues

Big Chief Records (1988)

Atheist

Piece of Time

Metal Blade Records (1989)

Evildead

Annihilation of Civilization

Steamhammer Records (1989)

Napalm

Cruel Tranquility

SPV Records (1989)

NOFX

S & M Airlines

Epitaph Records (1989)

Toxik

Think This

Roadrunner Records (1989)

Wrathchild America

Climbin' the Walls

Atlantic Records (1989)

Repka Rocks It in the 1990's...

Death

Spiritual Healing

Combat Records (1990)

Killjoy

Compelled by Fear

Restless Records (1990)

Megadeth

Rust in Peace

Capitol Records (1990)

Evildead

The Underworld

SPV Records (1991)

Massacre

From Beyond

Earache Records (1991)

Defiance

Beyond Recognition

Roadrunner Records (1992)

Massacre

Inhuman Condition

Earache Records (1992)

Solstice

Solstice

Steamhammer Records (1992)

S.O.B.

Gate of Doom

Toy's Factory Records (1993)

Uncle Slam

Will Work for Food

Restless Records (1993)

Repka Keeps It Metal in the New Millennium...

3 Inches of Blood

Advance and Vanquish

Roadrunner Records (2004)

Necro

The Pre-Fix for Death

Psycho+Logical Records (2004)

Municipal Waste

Hazardous Mutation

Earache Records (2005)

Toxic Holocaust

Hell on Earth

Nuclear War Now! Records (2005)

Hyades

And the Worst is Yet to Come

Mausoleum Records (2007)

Merciless Death

Evil in the Night

self-released (2007)

Fallen Man

Mercenary

self-released (2008)

Hirax

El Rostro de la Muerte

Black Devil Records (2009)

I hope you enjoyed the collection of zombies and destruction.

Bow me out Mustaine, you fascist republican douchefag. After all, you can't leave without listening to something from the band that put Ed Repka on the radar.